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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Go To Designs: Centered

Welcome to a regular feature on this blog, Go To Designs. Today I'm focusing on Centered Designs. This scheme results in a well-balanced layout that is easy on the eye.

You start with a solid base in the middle, a basic square or rectangle, and build out from there. After establishing a focus in the center, it's easy to add different elements to fill in the page. In this example, I chose circles, a scalloped border and buttons to contrast with the center rectangles. A clean and simple design, yet very colorful.

Here I added banners to extend out from my center square. The title and small embellishment group in the upper RH are allowed to pull away from the center, creating added interest. Because this is supposed to be a relaxing page, there's plenty of white space allowing the eye to rest on the focal point photo.

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Brand New Page! Small details, like the misting, brads, and wood veneer, occupy white space and encourage your eye can travel around the page. In this case, I've created a diagonal flow by placing these elements in the upper LH and lower RH corners.The Centered Design works especially well with just a few photos, or several smaller photos. Matting in the center provides the needed visual weight. As always, I have many more examples pinned on this board. Are you a centered scrapper?

This series was inspired by the Layout Issue at Masterful Scrapbook Design.

Your layouts are stunning. There is something about each one that I particularly like. I love the use of punched circles on the first one, banners on the second one and the stitching on the third one. Plus the color combinations are very "happy"! Thanks for sharing.

I like all your layouts but especially the first one. Ledger papers with headings can be tough to use and this is a great arrangement. The bright colors and circular elements really keep the focus on the photos.

Love the new layout! I just realized the other day that all of the books I'm reading (or listening to) are all digital on my reader except one. Your layout has inspired me to figure out how to document the books I'm reading this summer... Thanks for the inspiration! :)

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